Photonics Research, 2021, 9 (2): 02000252, Published Online: Feb. 2, 2021
Interfacing photonic crystal fiber with a metallic nanoantenna for enhanced light nanofocusing 
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Abstract
The direct interfacing of photonic crystal fiber to a metallic nanoantenna has widespread application in nanoscale imaging, optical lithography, nanoscale lasers, quantum communication, in vivo sensing, and medical surgery. We report on the fabrication of a needle-shaped plasmonic nanoantenna on the end facet of a photonic crystal fiber using electron-beam-induced evaporation of platinum. We demonstrate the coupling of light from the fiber waveguide mode to the subwavelength nanoantenna plasmonic mode focusing down to the apex of the plasmonic needle using a polarization-resolved far-field side-scatter imaging technique. Our work provides an important step toward widespread application of optical fibers in nearfield spectroscopic techniques such as tip-enhanced Raman and fluorescence microscopy, single-photon excitation and quantum sensors, nanoscale optical lithography, and lab-on-fiber devices.
Khant Minn, Blake Birmingham, Brian Ko, Ho Wai Howard Lee, Zhenrong Zhang. Interfacing photonic crystal fiber with a metallic nanoantenna for enhanced light nanofocusing[J]. Photonics Research, 2021, 9(2): 02000252.
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